Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Wang Xiaolie's great victory on the Western Front slowly spread throughout the world. The theory spread with Dasheng was that Wang Xiaolie was about to rebel and rebel against the Zhao and Song dynasties. Even Wang Xiaolie could not stop the spread of this legend, and it spread quickly.

Wang Xiaolie has not decided to rebel, but still depends on Zhao Gou's approach. But how could the people of the world give Wang Xiaolie room for explanation? Rumors of rebellion were rampant.

After chatting for a while, Li Qingzhao said: "When you arrive in Luoyang, I will ask you to go to Yichuan to be the county magistrate. It is not easy to be the county magistrate in Yichuan."

Li Hao said: "To be a county magistrate, all you need to do is upload and issue orders. What's so difficult about it?"

Li Qingzhao said: "The magistrates under the Xuanfu Division are different from other places. After the year, you will be sent to school to study and then be sent abroad. I have nothing to say. The key is Yichuan. There are many factories down there, so it is easy for them to be The main temptation is to take bribes and bend the law. Before you, there were already three county magistrates in Yichuan who were arrested for taking bribes. It takes a few months for a magistrate to serve as a magistrate."

After speaking, Li Qingzhao sighed heavily.

Li Hao was surprised: "So fast? What's weird about this place?"

Li Qingzhao said: "The salary of a county magistrate is less than 500 guan a year. When you go to Yichuan to be a county magistrate, those factories will give you hundreds of guan in bribes. How many people can stand it? The Xuanfu Division is very strict. Just go in with caution.”

Li Hao nodded and his face became serious.

A bribe can easily amount to a year's salary, which is really hard to endure. Moreover, in this era, there are no mobile phones or cameras, and no one will know if they are collected, which makes it even more unbearable. And as soon as he stretched out his hand, Xuan Fusi would definitely get the news and be caught soon.

According to the plan, the line from Shouan to Yongning County is a heavy industry base, mainly government-run factories. The newly established Yichuan County is a light industrial base, mainly composed of private factories. With factory taxes, local finances are relatively abundant. It is easy for local officials to make mistakes when they control so much finance.

Li Hao said: "What can my sister teach me?"

Li Qingzhao said: "I inquired about the situation in Yichuan, and it is indeed quite complicated. There are various ways for factory owners to pay bribes. Only you can't think of it, and there is nothing they can't think of. And not only bribes, they will also lure the county magistrate to build bridges and pave roads to get benefits from it. Anyway, there is more money in the county, and there are countless names. As a county magistrate there, the only thing I can think of if I want to escape unscathed is to take nothing except my salary."

Li Hao thought for a while and said, "It doesn't seem difficult to take nothing except salary."

Li Qingzhao smiled bitterly: "It may not be difficult in other places, but it is difficult in Yichuan."

Li Hao nodded, lowered his head and ate the dumplings, thinking about his thoughts.

Li Qingzhao said: "You have been honest since you were a child and have a not greedy temper. That's why I asked you for this ministry."

In fact, the position of Xuanfu Division is so easy to get? The real situation is that three county magistrates were arrested in less than a year. This situation scared all the officials, and no one wanted to go to Yichuan County. The magistrates and counties there are so strange and the people are being recruited that they are hard to guard against, so who would dare to go there?

In this era, this situation has never happened in Yichuan County, but this situation will be very common in the future. Wang Xiaolie deliberately kept this place so that officials could gradually become familiar with it. The county magistrate who was caught was not severely punished, but was demoted to an official and still had to eat from the public family.

Li Hao was also worried about what Li Qingzhao said, but he had already arrived in Luoyang, so he had to bite the bullet and give it a try.

After dinner, we came out of the restaurant. It was already late at night. The streets were full of stars, illuminating pedestrians in groups of three or three.

Li Hao said: "Sister, isn't there a curfew in Luoyang? It's already this time, and there are still a lot of people walking around."

Li Qingzhao said: "There is no curfew in Luoyang, so you can walk around the city at midnight. And the city gates are not closed. As long as you register your name, you can go in and out." Li Hao said: "We are currently at war with the Kingdom of Jin, not to mention that there are still Puppet Qi, there is no curfew? The city gates are not closed at night, how can we prevent espionage? There are many Han people in Puppet Qi, so you can’t tell."

Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "Luoyang City relies on the careful defense of the city. You think it is that simple. Of course, the people of Xuanfu Division can think of anything you can think of, and they have come up with a solution. It is precisely by using force in the city that , so that the city gate cannot be closed. This is called being loose on the outside and tight on the inside."

Li Hao couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. Said: "Under Wang Xuanfu's rule, there are indeed many unexpected things. It is really regrettable."

The cold wind blew on his forehead with a cool feeling, and the drunkenness faded a lot. Li Qingzhao and Li Hao were walking on the street, surrounded by empty space, as if they were back in their childhood. The two talked about everything and walked home in high spirits.

There was no talking all night, and early the next morning, Zhang Zeduan and Li Di came to visit Li Qingzhao.

Seeing Li Hao beside him, Zhang Zeduan asked, "I wonder who this is -"

Li Qingzhao said: "This is my brother-in-law Li Hao. I recently got a job as magistrate of Yichuan County in the Xuanfu Division, and I came here specially to take up the post."

"Ah——" Zhang Zeduan and Li Di nodded together when they heard that it was the newly appointed magistrate of Yichuan County.

Although he is a painter from an art academy, he is not familiar with official affairs. But the two of them had also heard of the difficult title of Yichuan County Magistrate. When they heard that Li Hao was the new magistrate of Yichuan County, the two of them couldn't help but murmur in their hearts. Everyone thought that the relationship between Li Qingzhao and his younger brother was not very good, otherwise how could he seek such a job.

Li Qingzhao guessed their mood by looking at their expressions. But he couldn't explain it clearly, so he asked, "What are you two doing here?"

Li Di said: "The Chinese New Year is about to come soon. We thought that Master Yi An would be alone in Luoyang and would inevitably be deserted, so we specially brought some gifts to visit him."

Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "Thank you both for your thoughtfulness. However, my brother wanted to reunite with his family before the year before, so he came a little early."

Zhang Zeduan said: "It is indeed rare. After talking about it for a long time, I remembered that when I was in Tokyo, I saw my younger brother in the Imperial College. Years have passed, and I still couldn't remember it when I first met. It took me a long time to recognize him. Show his face."

Li Hao said happily: "It turns out that we are meeting again after a long separation!"

Zhang Zeduan said: "These days, I have met many old friends from my days in the capital. Thinking of what I have experienced over the years, it is inevitable to sigh."

Li Qingzhao saw that they were becoming more and more familiar with each other, so he hurriedly invited them into the room and served tea.

Asked about his experiences in the past few years, Zhang Zeduan said: "The world was devastated by war, so I wandered around in several states and counties in the Central Plains. Sometimes I looked for something to do, but it didn't last long. Either the owner went bankrupt or died. It's difficult. I have a place to live. It wasn’t until I came to Luoyang and entered the art academy that I felt settled.”

Li Di said: "I followed Li Tang all the way to the south. When I was in Xiangyang, I happened to go to Xuanfu and was recruited to work in the Zhenfu Envoy Department. Alas, when I think about it, the luckiest thing for me in the past few years was actually meeting Xuanfu. Touched."

Several people chatted about the past, and everyone sighed.

(End of this chapter)